CSXT 8589 was built by EMD in 1984 as Baltimore & Ohio (BO) 8589, to CSXT 8589. CSX later derated the locomotive to 3,000 horsepwer and specified it a SD50-2.
Before Charlotte built their light rail line from Pineville to downtown, they ran trolley cars on a short section of former Southern Railway single track line. This shot taken in February 2005 sho... (more)
A local CSX crew works a small spur in Charlotte near their rail yard. To access the track, they took a spur to the right (out of frame) then back down the track to my left crossing an industial s... (more)